A Sub-1 Hz Resonance Frequency Resonator Enabled by Multi-Step Tuning for Micro-Seismometer

Jun Wu, Hideyuki Maekoba, Arnaud Parent, Tamio Ikehashi*

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研究成果: Article査読

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We propose a sub-1 Hz resonance frequency MEMS resonator that can be used for seismometers. The low resonance frequency is achieved by an electrically tunable spring with an ultra-small spring constant. Generally, it is difficult to electrically fine-tune the resonance frequency at a near-zero spring constant because the frequency shift per voltage will diverge at the limit of zero spring constant. To circumvent this issue, we propose a multi-step electrical tuning method. We show by simulations that the resonance frequency can be tuned by 0.008 Hz/mV even in the sub-1 Hz region. The small spring constant, however, reduces the shock robustness and dynamic range of the seismometer. To prevent this, we employ a force-balanced method in which the mass displacement is nulled by the feedback force. We show that the displacement can be obtained from the voltage that generates the feedback force.

本文言語English
論文番号63
ジャーナルMicromachines
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DOI
出版ステータスPublished - 2022 1月

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 制御およびシステム工学
  • 機械工学
  • 電子工学および電気工学

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